Statement
The FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, published in July 2024, set out that the FCDO would provide updates in due course on its 2024-25 Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending plans.
ODA is central for delivering the government’s mission to help create a world free from poverty on a liveable planet, working in a modern, genuine partnership with the Global South. FCDO’s ODA spending will be used to achieve better development outcomes as part of a coherent international approach, with a strong focus on poverty reduction and accelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Our approach to development will deliver inclusive growth, tackle the climate crisis and address irregular migration.
Plans to reduce asylum costs are creating more space in the ODA budget to spend on our international development priorities overseas. This is reflected in the FCDO’s ODA programme budget for 2024-25 and 2025-26.
My Right Honourable Friend the Foreign Secretary and I are determined that the FCDO’s ODA spending will reach those who need it most, listening to our partners, and focusing on where the UK can have the biggest impact, delivering value for money for the British taxpayer.
Since coming into office, the Foreign Secretary and I have reviewed the FCDO’s ODA plans for the current financial year (2024-25). Our objective has been to prioritise predictability and stability in budgets after years of turbulence under the previous government. We have therefore not reduced planned budgets except in relatively few areas where circumstances meant teams were unable to deliver their full budgets, or where some reprioritisation has been required to respond to changes in operating context. With these exceptions, reductions from previously published spending plans identified in the data below are a result of the previous government’s decisions.
Instead, our focus has been on ensuring any reallocations or increases in spending needed to meet the government’s commitment to spend 0.5% of GNI on ODA each calendar year have been targeted effectively. For example, we have delivered a major increase of £113m in humanitarian funding for people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries, doubling our commitment to Sudan and the region this year.
I would now like to update the House on our indicative 2024-25 ODA spending plans. Due to the dynamic nature of the FCDO’s global work, programme plans are continually reviewed and adjusted in-year. Final outturn data and future planned allocations will be published in the 2024-25 FCDO Annual Report and Accounts in Summer 2025.
FCDO’S 2024-25 ODA PROGRAMME ALLOCATIONS
FCDO ODA (£000) | |
Regional Programmes | |
Africa | 1,545,073 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 107,471 |
Ethiopia | 216,900 |
Ghana and Liberia | 16,125 |
Kenya | 79,126 |
Malawi | 50,388 |
Mozambique | 49,207 |
Nigeria | 116,972 |
Other African countries1 | 1,753 |
Africa Programmes and Expertise Department | 138,184 |
Rwanda | 31,238 |
Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan Department2 | 102,100 |
Sierra Leone | 29,805 |
Somalia | 142,645 |
South Africa | 14,033 |
South Sudan | 134,125 |
Sudan | 140,315 |
Tanzania | 55,963 |
Uganda | 45,681 |
Zambia | 41,715 |
Zimbabwe | 31,327 |
Americas | 85,955 |
Brazil | 87 |
Caribbean Development Team | 84,000 |
Colombia | 1,295 |
Other American Countries3 | 573 |
Overseas Territories | 97,633 |
Overseas Territories | 97,633 |
Europe | 31,900 |
Turkey | 18,900 |
Western Balkans | 13,000 |
Eastern Europe & Central Asia | 264,056 |
Central Asia4 | 12,686 |
Eastern Neighbourhood5 | 14,330 |
Other Eastern European & Central Asian Countries6 | 290 |
Ukraine | 236,750 |
Indo Pacific | 279,718 |
Bangladesh | 61,200 |
India | 2,000 |
Indo Pacific Regional Team | 43,780 |
Indonesia | 44,771 |
Myanmar | 65,041 |
Nepal | 60,138 |
Other South Asia Countries7 | 195 |
Other South East Asia and Pacific Countries8 | 2,593 |
Middle East and North Africa | 852,545 |
Afghanistan | 171,000 |
Egypt | 4,000 |
Iraq | 5,175 |
Jordan | 68,000 |
Lebanon | 56,075 |
Middle East & North Africa Regional Team | 31,000 |
Occupied Palestinian Territories | 129,000 |
Pakistan | 98,753 |
Syria | 145,542 |
Yemen | 144,000 |
Regional Programmes Total | 3,156,880 |
Policy Priorities, International Organisations and Humanitarian | |
British Investment Partnerships | 1,147,195 |
Centre for Delivery | 697 |
Development & Open Societies | 76,328 |
Trade & Economic Security | 14,426 |
Economics and Evaluation | 8,902 |
Education, Gender & Equality | 499,423 |
Energy, Climate and Environment | 433,304 |
Europe | 389,000 |
Health | 980,736 |
Humanitarian, Migration & Food Security | 307,436 |
International Finance | 999,126 |
Multilateral and Human Rights | 13,945 |
Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation | 22,000 |
Research and Evidence | 499,356 |
Policy Priorities, International Organisations and Humanitarian Total | 5,391,874 |
Non-Departmental Public Bodies & Scholarships Total | 224,300 |
BBC World Service Total | 76,900 |
Multilateral Subscriptions to International Organisations Total | 84,029 |
Other Central Programmes Total | 35,362 |
Crisis Reserve Total9 | 15,000 |
Integrated Security Fund (ISF) Total10 | 316,135 |
Total | 9,300,480 |
1. Other African Countries includes Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, and the Gambia.
2. Included in Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan Department are the regional programmes - allocated separately to the country allocations: Sudan; South Sudan.
3. Other American Countries includes Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Latin America Department, Network Ops, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.
4. Central Asia includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
5. Eastern Neighbourhood includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova.
6. Other Eastern European and Central Asian Countries includes Belarus and regional spend which cannot be attributed to a single country.
7. Other South Asia Countries includes Maldives and Sri Lanka.
8. Other South East Asia and Pacific Countries includes Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam and Vanuatu.
9. The Crisis Reserve for 2024-25 was set at £50m with £35m allocated out to the approved countries in-year.
10. From April 2024, CSSF was renamed to the UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF). ISF spend by regional, cross regional and non-discretionary theme is reported in the ISF Annual Report.